Former Obama Advisor Slams Republicans Who ‘Hate Democracy’ and Warns It is ‘Hanging by a Thread’

“This is an existential threat”

David PlouffeFormer President Barack Obama’s campaign manager and Senior White House advisor slammed Republican lawmakers who “hate democracy,” which he warned are “hanging by a thread.” He also urged the Justice Department to read the Arizona recount “everywhere,” but warned the white Supremacists, QAnon and MAGA cultists who have already decided Trump won the state despite the factual facts that Joe Biden won , a fact that Republicans in positions of power agree with.

“This is a DEF CON 1 moment for democracy,” Plouffe told MSNBC’s Nicolle Wallace. “We are not threatened by other nations or enemies, it is a threat from within. Democracy hangs on the thinnest thread in our country’s history. And what happens in Phoenix, Arizona, should happen across the board in Roswell, New Mexico, ”he added, apparently mocking Area 51 conspiracy theorists.

“It’s just a crazy city. ”

“Incidentally, there is no question that the end of this ridiculous theatricality of the rallying of white nationalists, QAnon supporters and Trump cult members will say, ‘You know, Trump should have won Arizona. ‘We already know the result. But that’s dead serious. The Department of Justice has to deal with it not just in Arizona, but across the country in all of these endeavors. “

Plouffe called it “enigmatic” because “You have all these elected Republican officials in office because they chose to go to the Theater of Democracy, and I’m not sure we’ve ever seen people in America Hate democracy so much because they basically want to anchor themselves in power and do so because they are afraid of that ridiculous, shameful, historically incompetent cult leader in Mar-a-Lago, whom they all pursue down there and pledge allegiance to “He said of Donald Trump.

“And none of them got into politics because they thought they would kneel weakly and bow the ring to a cult leader, but that’s where they found each other. Issues are secondary, their own careers are secondary in many ways. “

“Anyone who is worried about this country, not who will win the next or the next election, but the whole company is at risk here. This is an existential threat. And so it’s great to see the DOJ getting involved and seeing that many groups like Mark Elias are starting to file lawsuits, but what ultimately has to happen here, and it won’t resolve all of this, is that Congress has to act. “

“You have to pass voting laws, and if you don’t, because some Democratic senators decide to protect the filibuster, which of course has its roots in slavery and racism, you will fundamentally protect that so that our democracy and our country can permanently join one Party that is increasingly familiar with white nationalism, “said Plouffe, it would be” tragic “.

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“This is a DEFCON 1 moment for democracy. We are not threatened by other nations or enemies, it is a threat from within. Democracy hangs by the thinnest thread in our country’s history … The Justice Department has to take care of it ”- @davidplouffe w / @NicolleDWallace pic.twitter.com/yZWrBzvvcP

– Deadline White House (@DeadlineWH) May 6, 2021